If you were religious at any point, at what age did you start to think 'hey this is kinda dumb'?
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I left Mormonism at 29 years old. I was fully involved for 29 years of my life.
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My 9th-grade science teacher mentioned Charles Darwin and that got me thinking, "Is religion real?"
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Sophomore year of high school (at an all-boys Catholic high school, because I was raised Catholic), I basically decided I was agnostic.
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About 10, I think, when the Sunday School teacher couldn't satisfactorily answer my very reasonable questions.
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I was over it and became an atheist at 12, right after my 1st Holy Communion, my faith didn't survive the required cataclysm for 1stHC.
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10 or 11, shortly before we had confirmation lessons and the rite itself (part of the school syllabus, not optional!)
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Me; "Why aren't dinosaurs in the bible?"
Teach: "They're part of the animals Adam named"
Me: "That's not possible"
Teach: "Sure it is"
Me:
GIF
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I was 8 and my dad took me to his more "theatrical" church. Lots of speaking in tongues and floor flopping. It literally made me sick
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